At Zero Tolerance: Punishment, Prevention, and School Violence

by Casella, Ronnie

• ISBN13: 9780820449968
• ISBN10: 0820449962
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Author Biography

Ronnie Casella is Assistant Professor of Education at Central Connecticut State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Background Notes	1	(9)
The Research Story	10	(7)
The Kid Crackdown	17	(22)
Getting Tough	20	(4)
School Violence Prevention	24	(4)
``Gun Control Means Using Both Your Hands''	28	(2)
The Violence of ``School Violence''	30	(5)
Working Toward Solutions	35	(4)
From Child-Saving to Zero Tolerance	39	(30)
Foundations of Zero Tolerance	44	(13)
Nineteenth-Century Roots	45	(6)
Twentieth-Century Roots	51	(6)
From Zero Tolerance to Understanding	57	(5)
Violence and Urbanity	62	(4)
From Theory to Prevention	66	(3)
City Living and Dying	69	(24)
A View from Nowhere	77	(3)
Educating for Economic Stability	80	(10)
A Note on School Bathrooms	90	(3)
The Prison Model of Schooling	93	(22)
Being Self-Contained	98	(5)
De-Tracking Schools	103	(7)
Restructuring for Equity	110	(5)
Being Disrespected	115	(26)
A Policy of Interaction and Trust	121	(7)
Public Displays of Power	128	(5)
Gender and Violence	133	(8)
Gun Manufacturing, Popular Culture, and Militarism	141	(28)
The ``Influence'' Argument	144	(6)
Gun Making	150	(5)
Popular Culture	155	(6)
Military Might	161	(6)
A Note on School Policing	167	(2)
Where the Kids Are	169	(16)
Where We Go from Here	172	(6)
Undoing Zero Tolerance	178	(7)
Notes	185	(30)
Bibliography	215	(14)
Index	229